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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Red Cloud's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Big Mouth, Big Ribs, Eagle Foot, Whirlwind, and Little Crow are Sioux Chiefs sent to talk other chiefs into doing what?
(a) Surrendering to General Connor
(b) Moving on into Canada
(c) Moving to the reservation
(d) Coming to Fort Laramie

2. What is the most infamous battle of Red Cloud's war?
(a) The Fetterman massacre
(b) The Connor massacre
(c) The Washita massacre
(d) The Donnor massacre

3. Why did more federal troops come to the Colorado area in the mid to late 1860s?
(a) To hunt for Confederate soldiers
(b) To hunt down renegade indians
(c) To open up more forts
(d) To build a railroad

4. Why is a treaty not signed at Fort Laramie?
(a) The indians are incited by a speech by Sitting Bull
(b) The indians learn about a road planned for Powder River
(c) The indians are tricked by General Sherman
(d) The indians are massacred in the fort

5. What Navajo chief finally surrendered in 1866?
(a) Cochise
(b) Geronimo
(c) Manuelito
(d) Red Cloud

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sioux chiefs are invited to a peace conference at what fort?

2. What US general declared war on the Navajo and Apache?

3. At what fort did several Indian tribes sign a treaty reducing their lands?

4. What Cheyennes chief tries to negotiate a truce in the increasing conflict?

5. What do the white men call these 5 Sioux chiefs?

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